Wales are staring at that wooden spoon. Another run-out for these youngsters, another credible effort, but the challenge against a France side who can cut just as sharply as they bludgeon remorselessly was too much in the final quarter.
Wales held a 24-20 lead as the hour mark approached, three tries to two ahead. But when a side come at you from as many angles as France did, and in such a variety of ways, the ordeal of holding them out will tell eventually.
